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達絕頂的,終極的,最後的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. {Culminated} (-n[=a]`t[eucr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Culminating} (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
{Column}.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
As when his beams at noon Culminate from the
equator. --Milton.
2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.